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The Good Old Times. 



I frcfiucnlly hear a remark soiiitlliin^' like lliis, " l-'isli 

 don't bite as the>' used to, there are luA so many trout cauj^ht 

 in this or tliat lake, ])ond or stream as when I was a boy." 

 This is an ei'njr ; there are more trout in Maine waters today 

 than at any time since the days Ijefore the forests were cut 

 away and the lands cleared, and more were caught in the 

 year 1899 than any \ear in its history. 



The cost of a trij) to Maine de])ends of course u])on the 

 haljits and tastes of the .s])ortsman ; you can s])end much or 

 j^et alon<4 moderatel\-. There is uniformit\- of time tlirough- 

 out New fvnj^land. The j^reat trans])ortation routes to 

 Maine are well known, over tlie I^oston & Maine R. R., or 

 by the Mountain I)i\ision of the Maine Central from White 

 Mountains, N. H., tlie I'fM-tland cS: Rochester R. R. from 

 Worcester, Mass., the (/rand Trunk R. R. from Montreal, 

 the Canadian Pacific R\'. from M(jntreal, or steamers from 

 New York or Boston to Portland and points on the coa.st, 

 Auj^usta and Bangor. 



Trusting you will ca])ture the limit of fisli and game 

 allowed by law on your trij) to Maine, I am, 



vSincerel}' j'ours, 



THE AUTHOR. 



